Where is HMP Hull?

HMP Hull is a Category B men’s prison located in Hedon Road, Hull in the East Riding of Yorkshire.

Opened in 1870 the prison expanded in 2002 to include four new wings a new healthcare centre, a new sports hall, a new multi-faith centre and refurbishment to other part of the prison including the kitchen, education and workshops.

Why have prisoners from HMP Birmingham in Winson Green been sent there?

The inmates involved took part in the Birmingham prison riot on Friday

What were the riots about?

Experts last night said cost cuts meant there were too few prison officers to guard an increasingly violent prison population.

Governors claim an explosion in use of synthetic drugs behind bars has created a “perfect storm”.

Prisons academic Alex Cavendish said: “The prisoners in Hull would have been settled, waiting for Christmas, then these 15 turn up from Birmingham. They’d have lost almost everything they had, and their Christmas visits won’t now be happening.”